The file contains primary source information on Cecil H. Bowen's involvement in mining from 1888 to 1910 in Newfoundland, Brazil and the Eastern Townships. It consists of correspondence, prospectuses, accounts, sample analyses, geological reports, and accounts related to the Standard Pyrites Company, which operated a limestone and slate mine in Newfoundland in the 1890s and 1900s. It also includes the rules and regulations of the Pilley's Island (Newfoundland) Board of Health, of which C.H. Bowen was Chairman, correspondence and a travel visa regarding the operation of the Barcellos Gold Mines Ltd. in Brazil from 1889 to 1892 and correspondence and a map related to Cecil's mining rights in the Eastern Townships, particularly in the area of South Ham.
The Pyrites Company was a mining venture Cecil H. Bowen pursued with his brother, Francis (aka Frank) Arthur Bowen.
Engraving by William H. Bartlett.
The item is a catalogue from the Vilas Furniture Company in Cowansville from around the 1980s.
The item is a catalogue from the Vilas Furniture Company in Cowansville from around the 1970s.
The item is a photograph of a group of miners from the Eustis mines from around 1900, pictured with tools and lunch pails.
The item consists of a photograph show the interior of one of the paper mills operated by the Canada Paper Company in Windsor Mills, Quebec, around the 1890s.
The item consists of a photograph showing the pulp and paper mills at Windsor Mills, Quebec, in the early 1900s.
Item is a photograph of the New Rockland Slate Quarry, located near Kingsbury.
Item is a photograph of river drivers and visitors at Lord's Falls in Drummondville. The photograph was probably taken in the late 1800's.
Item is a photograph of Vassal's Sawmill with logs in the river, it is now the site of St-Thérèse Park.
Item is a photograph of men driving logs by the old forge near Lord's Falls, on the St. Francis River in Drummondville in the 20th century.
Item is a photograph of the Shaw, Cassels & Company Tannery in Drummondville in approximately 1895.
Item is a photograph of the forge in Drummondville, possibly the John McDougall and Company smelting works, with the St. Francis River and river drivers pictured in the foreground. The photograph was probably taken in the 1890s.
Item is a photograph of the grist mill in Cowansville, which was owned by George Nesbitt, next to the Yamaska River, in approximately the 1920s.
Item is a photograph of the Huntingville mill on the South side of the Salmon River, taken in 1946.
Item is a photograph of the Huntingville gristmill with two workers and part of the Hunting family posed in the foreground, taken about 1905. Pictured, from left to right, are: James Dewing, Joseph Lambert, Floyd Hunting, Kenneth Hunting, Bernice Hunting, Clifford Hunting and William H. Hunting.
Item is a photograph of the mill and new dam at Huntingville, on the Salmon River, taken in 1946.
Item is a photograph of a group of people raising a barn in Leeds.
Item is of a bridge and mill located in leeds.
Item is a photograph of Lysander Falls located in Inverness Township, the photograph also shows part of the Bécancour River and bridge with a mill in the background.
Item is a photograph of two large oxen hauling lumber through the snow in Glen Sutton, while Mac gross and Henry Wilson look on.
Item is a photograph of the C. A. Thurber and Son carriage factory in Danville, there is a sleigh and a few people standing in front of the factory.
Item is a photograph of the Asbestos Mill.
Item is a photograph of the ruins of the Abestos mill, with many of the structures of the former building still visable.
Item is a photograph of the Clarke sawmill located in Brompton Falls.
Item is a photograph of Magog river as it passes through part of the city of Sherbrooke, the Central Electric and the Royal Corset Co can both be seen in this photograph.
Item is a postcard of the Brompton pulp and paper company mill located in East Angus, with a wooden bridge visable.
Item is a photograph of the Canada Paper Company's paper mill in Windsor, whose main road passes through the mill yard. The St. Francis Mill can be seen in the background.
Item is a photograph of the St. Francis river mill, located in Windsor.